Monday 6th June, 2011 Breaks Wettimuny’s 27 year old record Dilshan misses Lord’s double hundred

REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Lord’s Scoreboard England first innings 486 all out he moment the whole of Sri (M. Prior 126, A. Cook 96, C. Lanka waited for never Welagedara 4-122) Tarrived as new Sri Lanka first innings (Overnight Tillakaratne Dilshan fell seven runs 231/1) short of what would have been a T. Paranavithana ct Struass b Finn 65 MATCH-WINNER: S. Badrinath played a classy knock to sensational double hundred on the T.M. Dilshan b Finn 193 help India post a defendable total. third day of the second Test Match between Sri Lanka and England K. Sangakkara ct Prior b Tremlett 26 here at the Home of Cricket yester- M. Jayawardene 40 day. T. Samaraweera not out 01 Only 39.2 overs of the scheduled Extras: (b 19, lb 20, w 7, nb 1) 47 We gave away 20 runs 90 were possible yesterday due to Total: for three 372 rain and Sri Lanka were comfort- Overs: 102.2 ably placed on 372 for three. Fall of wickets: 1-207, 2-288, 3-370. too many, says Sammy Dilshan, who resumed with his To bat: P. Jayawardene, Farveez overnight score of 127, was hardly BY RUSSELL PALIPANE Maharoof, R. Herath, D. Fernando and Sammy critical of pitch troubled by the English attack as he S. Lakmal. opted to counterattack under West Indies cricket cap- Sammy’s ire was also Bowling: Broad 26-4-98-0, Tremlett 24- tain Darren Sammy said his reserved for the pitch in the gloomy conditions. He went for 5-74-1 (nb 1), Finn 24-6-84-2 (w 7), lunch 13 runs short of becoming the bowlers gave away 20 runs middle, where the ball Swann 24.2-4-65-0, Pietersen 4-0-12-0. first Sri Lankan to score a double too many which allowed turned square and it played Toss: SL hundred here at Lord’s, but expecta- India to raise what proved right into the hands of tions were cut short in the post Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Rod to be a winning total in three Indians spinners who lunch session. Tucker (Aus) their one-off Twenty20 conceded only 75 runs from The 34-year-old went past his Third Umpire: Aleem Dar (Pak) match, played in Port-of- their combined 12 overs. mentor Sidath Wettimuny, whose 190 Spain, Trinidad, on “We have been having Saturday. this issue with the pitch at Lords made in 1984 remained the er Sri Lankan opener Marvan Chasing 160, West Indies right through, even against highest individual score by a Sri Atapattu too has scored big here at Lankan at this venue for 27 years. went down by 16 runs, their Pakistan. Our coach Ottis Lord’s Both are technical minded first T20 loss to India, on But in the same over, he took a and while Wettimuny spent 642 min- Gibson has drawn attention painful blow after a rising Saturday and Sammy admit- to it but then it is not in our utes at the crease for his 190, longest ted his side lacked belief to by Chris Tremlett struck him on the innings ever played at Lord’s, hands,” he said. thumb. It was the same thumb that rotate the strike and play Sammy hoped the situa- Atapattu faced 351 balls for his 185. spinners adequately. was injured during the previous tion would improve in the Dilshan batted for 452 minutes “We gave away 20 runs day’s play which required a precau- one-dayers, which start, and faced 253 balls and was far from too many. We allowed them tionary scan. After being hit yester- June 6 (today),, once proven conventional or technical minded, at too many boundary-balls,” day, Dilshan appeared to be in con- players such as Kieron times driving balls that were close lamented the Windies skip- siderable pain and managed to add Pollard, and to the stumps. He hit 20 fours and per just one run as he was bowled by return two sixes in all. “We gave them over 70 Stephen Finn a few overs later. to the side. He is also the sixth Sri Lankan runs in the final five overs,” It was a fabulous knock, never- “We have won the last to score a hundred at Lord’s. he was quoted as having theless, but a double hundred would two one-dayers of ours, so Strangely, the top five run getters in told the media. there is a bit of momentum. have been extremely special as only But batting was no bet- haven’t made a hundred The return of these stars seven overseas players, including ter and no less than 50 balls at Lord’s with most of them strug- would obviously be a help,” Don Bradman, have scored double or 8.2 overs of the West gling here. The top five run scorers’ he said. hundreds here. Indian innings were dot best knocks at Lord’s are; Sachin Gayle spotted Dilshan’s 193 is also his career balls. best improving on his 168 made Skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan reacts after reaching his 150 during the 3rd day of Tendulkar - 37, Ricky Ponting - 42, watching match Rahul Dravid - 95, - 13 “When chasing such a against Bangladesh two years ago. the second Test match against England at Lord’s cricket ground, London, competitive total, there is Ironically, while West After the Cardiff debacle, Sri and - 54. Indies made a late rally to Sunday June 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) Other than Dilshan, the only no way you can play so Lanka required to come up with an many dot balls and still match the Indians’ total, the effort like yesterday’s to salvage other batsman to be dismissed yes- mercurial former skipper terday was Kumar Sangakkara. The expect to win,” he said. some pride and Dilshan led from the The obvious inference was spotted sit- former captain looked solid during front. was the inability of bats- ting in the Trini Posse stand his knock of 26 adding 81 runs for While bright sun shine greeted men to rotate strike, a and enjoying the match. the players on the first two days of the second with Dilshan, but malaise which has undone He is in town for the the Test Match, yesterday it was he fell to the new ball when he was the West Indians many a annual awards ceremony of gloomy and overcast helping caught behind off Tremlett. times. the West Indies Players’ England seam bowlers. Dilshan, a Mahela Jayawardene was “We hope it would Association (WIPA), but natural attacker, played watchfully, unbeaten on 41 with Thilan improve. We do practice a what Sammy must have but at the same time ensured that he Samaraweera on one as rain forced lot but then it comes down wished was his presence in didn’t allow Andrew Strauss to players indoors at 2:38 pm. Early tea to belief in the middle. We the middle too. attack with too many close in field- was taken and players returned for now have batting coach in The first and second one- ers by putting away the loose deliv- action mid afternoon, but after just Desmong Haynes and I day international would be eries. five deliveries another down pour expect things to improve,” played at this very venue Together with Wettimuny, anoth- prevented any further play. suggested Sammy. today and on Wednesday.

SCOREBOARD CHRIS LEHOURITES,AP victory, dropped to his knees Federer’s backhand on Court Sports Writer and covered his face after Philippe Chatrier, but even India Barnwell 2-0-24-1 PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal Federer sent a forehand long the 16-time Grand Slam cham- Parthiv c Samuels b Sammy 26 West Indies is still better than the best on match point. pion’s forehand was off. He S. Dhawan c Fletcher b Sammy 5 A. Fletcher b Munaf 11 Rafael Nadal of player of all time, beating The top-ranked Nadal committed 56 unforced errors V. Kohli c Hyatt b Sammy 14 L. Simmons c Kohli b Ashwin 9 Spain cele- in the match, while Nadal had S. Badrinath c Fletcher b Bishoo 43 D. Bravo b Harbhajan 41 brates defeating only 27. S. Raina c Barnwell b Sammy 2 M. Samuels c Parthiv b Harbhajan 27 Roger Federer In the break of service that R. Sharma b Barnwell 26 D. Hyatt (not out) 14 of Switzerland finally broke Federer for Nadal beats Federer Yusuf (not out) 15 D. Sammy c Kohli b Praveen 0 in four sets, 7-5, good, the Swiss missed an easy forehand, double-faulted Harbhajan (not out) 15 C. Barnwell (not out) 34 7-6, 5-7, 6-1, in and then put a forehand into Extras (lb-1, w-10, nb-2): 13 Extras (lb-4, w-3) 7 the men’s final again in French Open final the net. That gave Nadal a 3-1 Total (for six wkts in 20 overs) 159 Total (for five wkts in 20 overs) 143 of the French lead in the fourth set, and Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dhawan), 2- Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Simmons), 2- Open tennis Roger Federer for the fourth improved his record at enough to hold on for victory. 48 (Kohli), 3-48 (Parthiv), 4-56 22 (Fletcher), 3-88 (Samuels), 4-92 tournament in occasion in the French Open Roland Garros to 45-1, and to Nadal is the second (Raina), 5-127 (Rohit), 6-134 (Bravo), 5-93 (Sammy) Roland Garros final 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 on 17-8 against Federer. In Grand youngest man to reach 10 (Badrinath) bowling: Praveen 4-1-27-1, stadium in Sunday. Slam finals, Nadal is now 6-2 major titles. The only one bowling: Rampaul 4-0-38-0, Harbhajan 4-0-25-2, Ashwin 4-0-30- Paris, Sunday Nadal, who equaled Bjorn against his main rival. younger was Borg. Borg’s record of six French He’ll also keep his No. 1 He’s also about six months Russell 2-0-26-0, Sammy 4-0-16-4, 1, Munaf 4-0-35-1, Yusuf 4-0-22-0 June 5, 2011. Open titles and earned his ranking. younger than Federer was Nurse 4-0-23-0, Bishoo 4-0-31-1, Man-of-the-Match: S. Badrinath. (AP Photo/Michel 10th major overall with the Nadal was playing to when he won his 10th. Euler)

Shillingford cleared to bowl The ICC have given West after going through a number “I am extremely happy that “I put in a lot of hard work Indies off-spinner Shane of tests his action was deemed I have been cleared to contin- over the past few months and I Shillingford the green light to illegal. ue playing international crick- must thank the West Indies resume his international However, having worked on et,” said Shillingford following Cricket Board for the support career, ‘cricket365.com’ report- his action, the ICC has con- the decision. and particularly the Sagicor ed on its website on Saturday. firmed that the results of a “It has been what I always High Performance Centre The 28-year-old was cited biomechanical bowling analy- wanted to do and having to where the majority of the for having a suspect action sis conducted in Australia, overcome this hurdle has work was done,” the pacie was during the West Indies tour of have cleared Shillingford to made me stronger and more quoted as having said. Sri Lanka last November and play. determined to succeed. (Russ) Shane Shillingford West Indies skipper Darren Sammy (L), with coach, Ottis Gibson

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